Naval


The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
The Lessons of History
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
Reality is Not What it Seems
Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
I Rode with Morgan by Jonathan JacksonEver the Wayward Sky by Oliver PhippsDivided Waters by Ivan MusicantIron Afloat by William N. Still Jr."Old Hoodoo" The Battleship Texas by Mark D. Cowan
A 19th Century Nautical Miscellenia
45 books — 12 voters
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer1812 by George C. DaughanTin Can Sailor by Susan CosentinoRed Star Over the Pacific by James HolmesSix Frigates by Ian W. Toll
The Official US Navy Reading List
59 books — 5 voters

On Basilisk Station by David  WeberDauntless by Jack CampbellEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Mote in God's Eye by Larry NivenThe Short Victorious War by David  Weber
Naval Science Fiction
156 books — 44 voters

Heart of Oak by David        CookThe Royal Marines  by richard-brooksEating Smoke by Chris ThrallStorm On The Horizon by Michael  ScheffelGoing Commando by Mark Time
Royal Marines (RM)
26 books — 10 voters

Christina Engela
Being the commander of a Ruminarii war vessel meant that he had risen to the rank by means of assassination and ruthlessness and was therefore implicitly distrusted by the Tidhii Mah’k’hai (Naval Command, that is The Queen Of Suth Herself.) He was expected to mete out, in generous portions, brutality to conquered subjects and to act swiftly and mercilessly in dealing with alien encounters. In short, he was expected to be a bad example.
Christina Engela, Black Sunrise

Colum McCann
I suppose we go out to sea because we want, eventually, to come home. I know this now, but it was new to me then. The best way to experience home is to lose it for a while. Then, when it is gone, you can know what it is. You can yearn to return to it. It is a form of wounding. You welcome the scar so it will remind you of where you once were.
Colum McCann, Twist

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